Exhibit 32.2

                        WESTCOAST HOSPITALITY CORPORATION
              CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO EXCHANGE ACT RULE 13a-14(b)

      In connection with the annual report of WestCoast Hospitality Corporation
(the "Company") on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2004 as filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"),
I, Anupam Narayan, Executive Vice President, Chief Investment Officer, and Chief
Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350,
as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

      1)    The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or
            15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

      2)    The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
            material respects, the financial condition and result of operations
            of the Company.

March 29, 2005

/s/ Anupam Narayan
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Anupam Narayan
Executive Vice President, Chief Investment Officer,
and Chief Financial Officer